After some messing around today I have got the lathe to turn a steel bar with 1 thou taper over 3" I'd like to get this down further, but will have to wait on the arrival of some measuring tools, a micrometer, and dial indicator. To name but a few.
I realised today that my tailstock is well out, when I brought it in line to the end of the work and located it in the Centre hole it visable moved the bar, when turned it gave me a 40 thou taper. There was an article about setting up the tailstock, can anyone help please? Or bullet point the steps to set up the tailstock, I got it close before the repaint, but I'd like to do it right and do it once than having to repeat myself again and again in the hope that it may be correct.